glad you're joining us. we've seen a slight bounce on the open in the european indices despite the fact a little bit of money came on the u.s. trade in yesterday's session. we've had pleasing numbers across the board. commerzbank, unilever, a couple of the companies that have been trading higher. the dollar cross rates, we're waiting on monetary policy tightening from the ecb and the bank of england. and you've got the nonfarm payroll data out tomorrow. christine, hello. >> hey, louisa. here in asia, a positive session with the exception, of course, with china. we have china, australia. let me give you the gist of what's happening in the markets. the nikkei 225 is up 1.3%. kospi is up 0.3%. the shanghai composite, down more than % at one stage and now regaining a little ground, but ending 2% lower. and the hang seng is up almost 2% and the bombay sensitive 30 index is up but marginally. liquidity is hampering sentiment in the shanghai market. on that note, over to you, bertha. >> thanks very much, christine.